Sarah Palin actually said...
I think she can have. I really do. I think, you know, the only time the McCain campaign was successful in this, and tied Barack Obama, even pulled ahead in some polls... was when Sarah Palin was not just the Republican base, but she was an outsider who was going to change Washington.
Context
Alex Castellanos discusses Palin's potential future in the Republican Party.
10/22/2008